Daniel mccarty



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D. MGCARTY UNiTnn STAT-ns PATENT @Tricia DANIEL MCGARTY, OF HARLEM, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,316, dated May 8, 1888.

Application filed August 31, 1887. Serial No. 248,406.- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.:

-Be it known that I, DANIEL MGGARTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harlem, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a class of gates having an endwise-sliding movementand a swinging movement on their hinged connections with a hanging-post. Its object is to simplify the construction of this class of gates and to make them more efficient. To this end I have designed and constructed the gate represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is an elevation of a gate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of the swivel-hinge in its connection with hanging-post and gate. Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of the swivel-hinge in its connection with the gate and hanging-post on dotted line a, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a vertical central section of the fastening for the free end of the gate on dotted line b, Fig. 1.

In this example the hanging-post 1,' the latch-post 2, and the gate consisting of the end bars, 3, center bar, 4, and the rails 5, iixed to the end and center bars, are all in every particular substantially the same as in other gates of its class now in use. f A

The hinge-support of the gate is of the peculiar construction shown. A yoke, 6, is employed, having a shank portion to screw or drive into the hanging-post, and the parallel ears of the yoke are bored to receive the pintle of the hinge. A pintle, 7, is fitted to the perforated ears of the yoke. Its depending portion is of the forked form shown, with jaws Sto span the upper edge of one of the rails of the gate in a free manner, while permitting a free endwiseslidin g movement ofthe rail within the jaws. A forked guide with jaws 9, to span the lower edge of one of the rails of the gate, is placed on the reduced end of the pintle, which projects through the yoke-ears, and a screw-nut, 10, on its projecting screwthreaded end within the forked jaws, serves to fix the guide in place thereon. Slots 11 are formed in the center of the jaws 9 at right angles to the guideway between the jaws, and a roller,

12, is placed between the jaws 9, with its journals' resting on the bottom of the slotted openings 11 to revolve therein. These several parts, constructed as shown and described, constitute the hingesupport to the gate,which is preferably placed diagonally in the hanging-post at a height to enter the second opening from the upper edge of the gate formed between the rails.

The gate is placed upon its hingesupport in the hanging-post with the upper edge of its third rail from the top of the gate within the jaws of the lower forked guide, and the under edge of the second rail from the top of the gate resting on the roller 12 within the jaws of the upper forked guide to permit an endwise movement of the gate in the forked guides of its hingesupport. A metallic clasp, 13, is lixed to the latch-post in position there on to receivethe ends of the rails of the gate projecting past the forward end bar of the gate.

To open the gate itis first moved rearward in the forked guides of its hinge-support on the roller therein to free it from the latchpost, when it may be swung on its hinged support to an open position substantially parallel with the roadway; but as a matter of easeof handling I prefer to iirst move the gate rearward on its hinged support to a point at which it will be nearly balanced, when it can be swung on its hinge-support to its open positionand returned to its closed position with little eiiort.

With my improved hinge the gate mounted thereon is capable of use on inclined or sidehill surfaces, and it is capable of vertical adj ustments by placing it on its hinged support higher or lower, inwhich case the hinge would occupy a space between the rails of the gate above or below its position shown in Fig. l.

By the foregoing means a gate supported on my improved hinge may be readily adjusted to permit smaller stock to pass under it and prevent the escape of the larger animals, and can be adjusted to override snow-falls or other obstructions.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The herein-described gate-hinge, consisting, essentially, of the yoke provided with its shank for securing it to a post, the pintle extending through the arms of the yoke and IOO having a vpair of jaws formed on one end to embrace the edge of Ya rail, a pair of jaws secured to the opposite end of the pintle, and a roller journaied between the jaws to support the gate, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described gate-hinge7 consisting, essentially, of the yoke having a screwthreaded shank for securing it to thepost, the said yoke being provided with a pair of perro forated arms, the pintie extending Ihrough the arms of the yoke, the pintle having a pair of jaws at one end, and a pair of slotted jaws secured to the other end of the pinble and carrying a roller in the slots, substantially as Set forth.

DANIEL MCCARTY.

Witnesses:

A. O. BEHEL, J AooB BEHEL. 

